Etheregen - doesn't seem right that it gets so hot, dangerous? Unpredictable?

@jjss49 🤣🤪👍

Comparing the switch to an amplifier or tube it's not really a good comparison.

Retired this thing after about a year and quite frankly I have a very revealing system and I don't notice any difference whatsoever. 

So I'll probably get an optical converter and a nicer switch.

Yes they do say it will run hot, they don't explain why, it's circuitry. No reason for it to be so hot. I discovered the thing flipped over on top of my hardwood floor and left a mark, how stupid was that to do.

@jumia 

Retired this thing after about a year and quite frankly I have a very revealing system and I don't notice any difference whatsoever. 

Please share

The excessive heat given off by the Uptone EtherREGEN was one of the main reasons that I didn’t want to implement it into my system. I use a passive Network Acoustics ENO Streaming System that is a dedicated RFI filter that helps to feed my music server a cleaner signal that comes from my router through two network switches. RFI/EMI and heat can really affect your music enjoyment experience if not properly addressed in your listening chain. 

On spec page at Uptone states runs at 118-126F, so seems normal for the device. I suspect it would run lower temp with 7v vs 12v.

@sns

can you pls elaborate... runs cooler which way -- @ 7 or 12v dc in? i will need to check the swps that came with it, see its voltage output

i suppose the idea is current draw (and thus heat) is higher at the lower end voltage feeding the total power needed by the device, so it may a smidge cooler if fed 12v to lower current draw?